trailer (There is no way to title this so it isn't confusing)

[Sally, la reina]

Woot!



http://www.avclub.com/articles/watch-...

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Now is the time for rumpusing!

[Nuri]

I am a little bit anxious, peeking cautiously from afar. I don't like it when Hollywood tampers with my childhood favorites. But... maybe this one will be okay?

[Seizure Romero]

Trailer than what?

[Sally, la reina]

trail⋅er
   /ˈtreɪlər/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [trey-ler:] Show IPA
–noun
1. a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used esp. in hauling freight by road. Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
2. Also called travel trailer. a vehicle attached to an automobile and used as a mobile home or place of business, usually equipped with furniture, kitchen facilities, bathroom, etc. Compare tent trailer.
3. a person or thing that trails.
4. a trailing plant.
5. a short promotional film composed of clips showing highlights of a movie due for release in the near future.

[Seizure Romero]

::cricketcricket::
::cricketcricket::

[Jane]

I was skeptical at first - I mean how can you stretch that book into a feature length film? - but it looks promising and you can never go wrong with Spike Jonez.

[Jane]

Plus - and maybe I'm wrong - but it's doesn't really look like he's using SGI or whatever it is the special effects kids are using these days. I get so tired of that crap sometimes.

[Heidi]

:') <--- those are the happiest of happy tears.

[Cosmic Sher]

::Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!::
I am so excited I can't stand it! My favorite book of all time. I hope it's good.... :D (hee-hee!)

[Matthieu]

I'm cautiously excited. They better not ruin this. You hear me, Spike? Don't screw this up.

[Cosmic Sher]

A-freakin-men!

[RandomAnthony]

I agree with Jane in that the first thing I thought was, "really? A whole movie on this short book?"

I'd like to be excited but part of the coolness of this book, in my eyes, was the paradox between the few words and the rich images. I don't see how you recreate that in film.

[Sarah]

I think Spike Jonze is a reasonable substitute for Tim Burton.

[Sarah]

I think Jonze and Gondry both have the dreamworld sensibility down pat, and I think that's a great aesthetic for this book (or In the Night Kitchen).
I don't know if Sendak needs the Burton gothic thing, much as I love it.

[RandomAnthony]

That's a fascinating point, William. I wonder how much dialogue will be included...

[Nuri]

Whaaat? People have watched 3-Iron east of the Pacific?! I am so excited!

But more importantly:
Eggers is writing the script?!

I am a little bit concerned because whereas I've liked the few things I've read by him, I don't think minimalism when I think Eggers.

And yet, it's Eggers and Jonze.

I am warming up to the idea, but hesitantly.

[Julie]

Hmmmm, yeah, I worry a little about Eggers writing this particular script.
The trailer was awesome looking, though.

[Sarah]

Maybe Wall-E helped show that a movie without much dialogue can still be made palatable to American audiences...

[Kevin]

i have never read this story so i have no real comment but i love the theme song.

[Sarah]

That is a great movie, but I think he does have a certain sensibility that comes out in the majority of his movies. I love it...but I think it is his own visual style, and it would get in the way of Sendak's.

And do you need to have overt gothic touches if you have Bela Lugosi/Martin Landau?

[Jane]

William wrote: "Randomanthony wrote: "I agree with Jane in that the first thing I thought was, "really? A whole movie on this short book?"

I'd like to be excited but part of the coolness of this book, in my eyes..."

William, watching the preview made me wonder that. In a way it kind of looked like they were trying to throw in a subplot with the boy's real life, but if it relied primarily on visuals to tell the story, I think that would be fascinating.

[Cosmic Sher]

"i have never read this story so i have no real comment but i love the theme song"

Oh Kevin, that is the saddest thing I have heard in a long, long time. And, you have grown kids, don't you? How did they make it through without reading this?

You must, MUST, go out right now and find this book and revel in it. It is a staple that cannot be denied.
Done with my rant. :)

[Nuri]

Sorry, Will, I've only seen 3-Iron and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring. I enjoyed them both, though I liked the first one better. After watching 3-Iron for the first time, I was so conscious of speech, and I couldn't bear to talk because words sounded so crude and vulgar to me. (I got over it pretty quick, but it was a weird couple hours.) Any other films you'd recommend in particular?